The Great Republican Overreach has hit a wall (AhNo article)

[ailsagirl]

In the Senate, Bill Frist's plan to ram through a succession of hard-right judges by eliminating the filibuster has been undone by a coalition of centrists. Meanwhile, the president's plan to privatize Social Security has been relentlessly losing support as the American people balk at the notion of trading in their insurance for a retirement based on risk.

And in California, Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval ratings have plunged 20 points -- to 40 percent -- in the wake of his singularly reckless attack on the pensions and working conditions of the state's nurses, police officers, firefighters and teachers. Republicans must now even confront the possibility that a Democrat could unseat the Great Orange Hope next year. (Somehow, the governor has retained his metallic glow -- the word "tan" doesn't really describe it -- during the wettest year California has known in a century.)

The D.C. GOP has mistaken its narrow but effective control of all branches of government for a popular mandate to roll back the New Deal and roll out a new era of social conservatism. The L.A. GOP has mistaken Arnold's ascension, in the Gray Davis recall election, for a popular mandate to hack away at the public sector. Never mind that Schwarzenegger did not run on any such program, that while he railed at politicians, he never said a word about the public institutions on which Californians depend.

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9785

[rodeodance]

1. "for a retirement based on risk"---great slogan.

[ailsagirl]

2. I hope Ahno's days are numbered... he's such a liar

What a nightmare the last five years have been!!!!! (starting with *)
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[proud patriot]

3. Not to mention selling california down the river to polluters

:grr: